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Teachers Short on High Tech Skills
While 9 in 10 children between age 5 and 17 use computers, students of almost any age are far ahead of their teachers in computer literacy. Teenagers use the…
73 percent of FAA controllers will retire by 2014
The FAA plans to fill 12,500 jobs at radar screens across the country to offset the retirement of more than 11,000 veteran controllers, 73 percent of FAA controllers…
More Worker Shortages – The Chickens Come Home To Roost?
While billions of dollars of aid flow into tsunami ravaged East Asia , two things stand in the way of the victims receiving much needed food, supplies and medical aid. …
Speech Language Pathologists in short supply
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the nation will need about 120,000 speech language pathologists by 2012 to meet increasing demand and replace retiring workers. …
One-third of U.S. workers played hooky
Darn cats. The next time an employee tells you, "My cat unplugged my alarm clock", you might think twice. (Of course, "how" you react is…
CounterTrends in Demography
A society’s women must bear an average of about 2.1 children per lifetime to achieve population stability. Nearly all the world’s developed regions are…
Employee No-Shows Reach Five Year High
Fact #306: The rate of unscheduled absenteeism has climbed to a five-year high of 2.4 percent. (Source: CCH Inc.) Fact #307: Late minute no-shows…
Education Doesn’t Add Up
Better education is hailed as one solution to the impending skilled worker shortage. If true, the United States is losing the battle which may lead to losing the war for…
Absenteeism – Perfect Labor Storm 306 to 310
Fact #306: The rate of unscheduled absenteeism has climbed to a five-year high of 2.4 percent. (Source: CCH Inc.) Fact #307: Late minute no-shows…
Perfect Labor Storm Facts #301 to #305
Fact #301: The ratio of entry level wage earners to retirees has fallen from 9 to 1 in 1955 to 4 to 1 in 1995 to 2 to 1…